Big Ten dominates 2026 preseason college football QB rankings
Jayden Maiava is one of four Big Ten quarterbacks to appear in a preseason list of the nation's best signal-callers. See which other QBs are there:
The Big Ten has won the last three college football national championships. It should not come as a surprise that with several Big Ten football teams in the mix for the 2026 College Football Playoff, the conference has several quarterbacks who are expected to be among the nation's best this fall. CBS Sports produced a top-10 list of the best quarterbacks in the country.
Several are from the Big Ten, as College Sports Wire noted: "Last year's champions, the Indiana Hoosiers , were led by Fernando Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner and likely No. 1 pick in this year's NFL draft. If things are going to stick with the Big Ten again this year, they have the quarterbacks to do it.
In CBS Sports' ranking of all 68 power conference quarterbacks , the Big Ten owns the first two slots and four of the top 10 spots. Coming in at No. 1 is Oregon's Dante Moore, followed by Ohio State signal caller Julian Sayin at No.
2. "Sitting in the bronze medal position, with a lot of hype and anticipation, is Texas quarterback Arch Manning. The rest of the top five is rounded out by Trinidad Chambliss, who is returning to Ole Miss, at No.